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Decomposing the co-movement of the business cycle: a time- frequency analysis of growth cycles in the eurozone

Crowley, Patrick; Lee, Jim - EconWPA - 2005

analysis is performed, and phasing is studied using co-correlation with the eurozone by scale. Lastly dynamic conditional … cycles through time. The general …ndings are that eurozone members fall into one of three categories: i) high static and …

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Modelling Possible Impacts of GM Crops on Australian Trade

Stone, Susan; Matysek, Anna; Dolling, Andrew - EconWPA - 2003

This paper looks at the impact on Australia’s trade in crops (non-wheat grains and oilseeds) where GM technology has been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and regulatory costs for Australia and its major trading...

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The Impact of Inflation on Income Tax and Social Insurance Contributions in Europe

Immervoll, Herwig - EconWPA - 2003

Inflation can alter the characteristics of tax- and contribution systems in numerous ways. This paper demonstrates how … inflation alters the distributive properties of nominally defined tax systems and looks at the impact of the tax revenues and … comparisons of the distributive consequences of the inflation induced erosion of tax- band limits, thresholds, deductions, tax …

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TAFTA: fuelling trade discrimination or global liberalisation?

Siebert, Horst; Langhammer, Rolf J.; Piazolo, Daniel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1996

This paper analyses the prospects and problems of a Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) between the European Union and the United States. Possible economic reasons for the proposal of TAFFA such as the intensity of bilateral trade and a strong interdependence in investment flows and the...

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The growth effects of R&D spending in the EU: A meta-analysis

Kokko, Ari; Tingvall, Patrik Gustavsson; Videnord, Josefin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015

In this paper the authors conduct a meta-analysis to examine the link between R&D spending and economic growth in the EU and other regions. The results suggest that the growth-enhancing effect of R&D in the EU15 countries does not differ from that in other countries in general, but it is less...

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